Sentence examples for as a decisive figure from inspiring English sources

Javier Solana, who was NATO's secretary general, is also portrayed as a decisive figure who tried to rally support in Europe for the bombing.

Most Egyptians regard him as a decisive figure who can end the political turmoil that has gripped Egypt since a popular uprising backed by the military toppled autocratic president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

At a time when many Indonesians "yearn for a decisive figure akin to Suharto, Prabowo is seen as a return to a stronger, more straightforward Indonesia," says a former high-ranking official in Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission.

From the reporting that I've read, he may have been a decisive figure.

In Britain, where a prime minister with a decent Commons majority has the power to act – and is expected to act – as a decisive, sometimes almost dictatorial figure, U-turns are usually seen by journalists and politicians as damaging humiliations.

He traced the rebellion against monism first to Machiavelli, and depicted Vico and Herder as decisive figures.

Stanistreet referred to it as a "decisive turnout", but Bectu's figures show that only 42% of BBC members even voted in its ballot.

The data shown in Figure 2 emphasise the absorption of capecitabine as a decisive step for the interstitial tissue kinetics of capecitabine and its metabolites.

Langa sees Moeketsi as a decisive influence.

As long as a decisive blow is struck for disengagement.

Immigration has emerged as a decisive — and sharply divisive — issue in the United States.